Meeting Abstract S4.7  Wednesday, Jan. 5  Integrating the “neuroecology” of bacteria and eukaryotes STEINBERG, PD; University of New South Wales p.steinberg@unsw.edu.au Most of the biodiversity on the planet does not have brains or nerve cells. Motivated by the search for general principles it is thus useful to define neuroecology broadly, as the attempt to scale from (molecular) […]

Meeting Abstract S4.11  Wednesday, Jan. 5  How Nemo finds home: neuroecology of larva dispersal and population connectivity in marine, demersal fishes LEIS, J.M.*; SIEBECK, U.; DIXSON, D.L.; Australian Museum, Sydney; University of Queensland, St Lucia; James Cook University, Townsville jeff.leis@austmus.gov.au Teleost reef fishes have a bipartite life history: a demersal adult phase with limited mobility and a […]

Meeting Abstract S4.10  Wednesday, Jan. 5  Global climate regulators as info-chemicals: Stories from birds and fishes” NEVITT, Gabrielle; Univ. of California, Davis ganevitt@ucdavis.edu Information transfer influences food web dynamics in the marine environment, but info-chemicals involved in these processes are only beginning to be understood relative to climate regulators shaping ecosystems into the future. Dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP) is […]

Meeting Abstract S4.6  Wednesday, Jan. 5  Behavioral Ecology of Chemical Communication in Plants APPEL , H.M.; University of Missouri appelh@missouri.edu Plants have complex sensory systems to detect and respond to environmental stimuli. Because they lack specialized cells for neurotransmission, the sophistication of plant sensory systems is often underappreciated. However, like the neural nets of early invertebrates, the […]

Meeting Abstract S3.2  Tuesday, Jan. 4  What have DNA molecules told us about speciation in the sea? LESSIOS, Harilaos; Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute Lessiosh@post.harvard.edu The study of speciation of marine organisms has received the same boost from molecular information as that of terrestrial ones. Reconstruction of phylogenetic histories, in addition to providing the essential information as to […]

Meeting Abstract S3.4  Tuesday, Jan. 4  Sympatric speciation in the sea BERNARDI, G.; Univ. of California, Santa Cruz bernardi@biology.ucsc.edu The presence of breeding barriers between populations have traditionally been equated to allopatric modes of speciation. Recently, however, theoretical and empirical evidence has shown that sympatric speciation is not only possible but likely to be more frequent than […]

Meeting Abstract S3.3  Tuesday, Jan. 4  Speciation in the sea from an algal perspective PHILLIPS, naomi e; Arcadia University phillipsn@arcadia.edu Understanding speciation in the sea has a long and interesting history. However, this has historically been addressed mainly from an animal perspective. We are just beginning to examine these processes for algae or marine plants. This talk […]

Meeting Abstract S3.1  Tuesday, Jan. 4  Speciation in the sea: an introduction to the symposium MIGLIETTA, Maria Pia*; FAUCCI, Anuschka; SANTINI, Francesco; Univ. of Notre Dame; Univ. of Hawaii at Manoa; Univ. of California at Los Angeles mmigliet@nd.edu One hundred and fifty years after the publication of Darwin’s “On the Origin of Species”, speciation remains one of […]

Meeting Abstract S3.9  Tuesday, Jan. 4  Speciation in red algae: current challenges MAGGS, Christine A*; MINEUR , Frederic; Queen’s University Belfast; Queen’s University Belfast c.maggs@qub.ac.uk Despite recent tantalizing glimpses of speciation processes in red algae we still have little understanding of how red algal populations have diverged following vicariant events. Molecular clocks are still poorly developed and […]

Meeting Abstract S3.10  Tuesday, Jan. 4  Speciation in marine microeukaryotes RUNDELL, R.J.*; LEANDER, B.S.; University of British Columbia rrundell@interchange.ubc.ca Marine microeukaryotes include unicellular “protists” and microscopic metazoans from a vast array of environments: from the pelagic zone, to the inner body spaces of invertebrates, to the interstices of marine sand in the nearshore and deep sea. The […]